Organization: European Science Foundation

Description

European Gender Summit 2012 is held this year with a overarching title “Aligning Agendas for Excellence“ and it will take place 29th and 30th November 2012 at the offices of the European Parliament in Brussels. The event is organised byEuropean Science Foundation and genSET.

The target group for the event is researchers, science leaders, and policy makers who are working on issues related to gender and their impact on Horizon 2020, the European Research Area, and Innovation Union.

A number of keynote speakers have been announced in the programme who will hold sessinos over two days covering a wide range of topics, for example: Integrating the Gender Dimension in Research and Innovation Landscape, The Role of Research Evidence in Shaping Science Making and Science Policies, and Advancing Science and Innovation through Inclusion: The Gender Factor. In addition, the event also includes parallel sessions focused on various topics, so-called Cafés Scientifiques.